A Defense Ministry representative confirmed on Channel One that conscripts remain on the border in Kursk Oblast

Deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and commander of the Chechen special forces "Akhmat" Apti Alaudinov confirmed on Thursday on the air of the political show "Time Will Tell" on Channel One that conscripts remain on the border in the Kursk region.

A Defense Ministry representative confirmed on Channel One that conscripts remain on the border in Kursk Oblast

Deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and commander of the Chechen special forces "Akhmat" Apti Alaudinov on Thursday on the air of the political show "Time... pic.twitter.com/QPldaWIJaf

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Details . Alaudinov, answering a question from host Ruslan Ostashko about the situation in Sudzha, said that there are units of both the Russian Defense Ministry and the Ukrainian Armed Forces there. "There are active clashes there every day. The enemy cannot say that he controls Sudzha, because he does not really control it," he said. After that, Alaudinov commented on the situation on the border of the Kursk region.

• Quote . "To this day, most of the section of our first border line is under control. The border troops units are still sitting there. Whatever it is, the same conscripts are still sitting in some units. And the special forces, that is, the Akhmat-Chechnya fighters. These three agencies, three units are still on this line. They have not left, they have not given up their positions," he said.

Context : Russian authorities used conscripts, territorial defense, border guards and Akhmat units to defend the border in Kursk Oblast. As previously reported by Agency, such a scheme for defending the region was devised a year ago to protect against raids by small groups, but these forces were unable to repel the advance of the regular Ukrainian army.

• As a result, hundreds of soldiers were captured, an adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky told The Washington Post on condition of anonymity. At least 22 of the prisoners were conscripts, the publication “Important Stories” established . The Russian authorities did not withdraw the conscripts remaining in the region to the rear, several mothers told the Agency.
• In June 2023, Vladimir Putin promised that conscripts would not be sent “directly to the combat zone.”